Rock Me Tonight
# Rock Me Tonight

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Rock Me Tonight is the platinum selling 1985 debut album from American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. Released on April 28, 1985, the album yielded four top–10 singles on the U.S. R&B chart, with the first two, "You Are My Lady" and "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)", reaching number one. The latter two, "Love Is Just a Touch Away" and "He'll Never Love You", peaked at Nos. 9 and 8, respectively. The album contains a cover of the Billie Holiday classic "Good Morning Heartache". The success of Rock Me Tonight garnered Jackson a Grammy Award nomination in 1986 for Best New Artist, losing out to Sade. Rock Me Tonight went on to top the R&B Albums chart for 14 nonconsecutive weeks, and peaked inside the Top 10 on the Billboard 200.

## Track listing

* "He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)" (Keith Diamond, Barry Eastmond) – 4:43
* "Love Is Just a Touch Away" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) – 5:19
* "I Wanna Say I Love You" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) – 4:40
* "You Are My Lady" (Barry Eastmond) – 4:44
* "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" (Paul Laurence) – 7:12
* "Sing a Song of Love" (Barry Eastmond) – 5:02
* "Calling" (Keith Diamond, Barry Eastmond) – 5:30
* "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 4:28

## Personnel

* Freddie Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals
* Barry Eastmond – keyboards, synthesizers, Roland TR-808 drum programming
* Eric Rehl – synthesizers
* Paul Laurence – keyboards (5), Kurzweil synthesizer (5), Yamaha DX7 (4-5), Oberheim DMX drum programming (4-5), backing vocals (5)
* Robert Aries – keyboards (8), Kurzweil synthesizer (8), drum programming (8)
* Ira Siegel – acoustic guitar, guitar
* Fareed Abdul-Haqq – guitar
* Clarence Brice – guitar
* Mike "Dino" Campbell – guitar
* Thomas J. Flammia – guitar
* Wayne Brathwaite – bass
* Timmy Allen – bass (5)
* Bernard Davis – drums
* Richard Rodriguez – drums
* Joel Rosenblatt – drums
* Terry Silverlight – drums
* Buddy Williams – drums
* Bashiri Johnson – percussion
* Steve Kroon – percussion
* V. Jeffrey Smith – saxophone
* Stanley Turrentine – sax solo (5)
* Janice Dempsey – backing vocals
* Dolly Eastmond – backing vocals
* Danny Madden – backing vocals
* Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
* Melba Moore – backing vocals
* B.J. Nelson – backing vocals
* Lillo Thomas – backing vocals
* Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals
* Reggie King – backing vocals (5)

## Production

* Producers – Barry Eastmond (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Paul Laurence (Track 5); Robert Aries (Track 8).
* Executive Producers – Beau Huggins and Varnell Johnson
* Production Coordination – Zack Vaz
* Engineers – Ron Banks (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Carl Beatty and Steve Goldman (Track 5); Frank Heller, Peter Robbins and Bob Rose (Track 8).
* Second Engineer – Joe Marno (Track 5)
* Assistant Engineers – Dean Cochren, Larry DeCarmine, Cathy Goode, Frank Heller and Kurt Upper (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Mike Nicolette (Track 8).
* Track 5 mixed by Steve Goldman at Right Track Recording (New York, NY).
* Track 8 mixed by Peter Robbins at Unique Recording Studios.
* Mastered by Jack Skinner at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) and Eddy Schreyer at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
* Art Direction – Roy Kohara
* Design – Roland Young
* Photography – Chris Callis
* Administrator – Anne Thomas
* Management – Hush Productions

## Charts

### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | US R&B |
| 1985 | "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" | 18 | 1 |
| 1985 | "You Are My Lady" | 12 | 1 |
| 1985 | "He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)" | 25 | 8 |
| 1986 | "Love Is Just A Touch Away" | - | 9 |
